random. and a winner.

here is the finished "mobile" over kohen's crib...i bought the tissue paper pom-poms from etsy seller, orangekisses.

and i just had to laugh (well, mr. anderson and i both had to laugh) at kohen's silhouette. he has the classic anderson kid "i'm a deer caught in headlights" look. all my babies make this face. mouth open, eyes wide. it's cute.

and i love the pointy hair.

here are the silhouettes up above our back door, in our family room.

and, of course...the winner is:

#19

Leah said...
I love the tutu's with the peonies!!! I can imagine my little Ellie running around and spinning out of control in those skirts. She is my little fairy princess.
1/28/10 2:08 PM

yah! congrats leah! email me (email is on the sidebar) and i'll get you in contact with stephanie.

have a fab weekend everyone.

the newest member of our family.

meet, red head.

of course you know that a certain 5 year old named it.

we were so lucky to have caedmon's class take a field trip to petland.

he returned with a beta fish.

do you sense the sarcasm oooozing out of me?

my thoughts and views on pets?

don't like 'em.

don't need them.

already have enough poop to clean up.

this fish has been in our home for 3 days now and hasn't eaten anything.

he's like depressed or something.

it could have been from the first night he was home...keith was attempting to put him in a different bowl and the fish hopped out of his hands and nearly made his exit from this world by going down the garbage disposal.

luckily, keith grabbed lil' nemo before he could get down the drain.

can you just imagine all of our little andersons (and me) screaming as the fish is flopping around?

yah, if i was the fish, i might be traumatized too.

all the kids in the class got a fish that day, but i'm betting we may be the first family to have a fish funeral.

wonderful.

all things pretty.

for christmas, we got hadley bean a new tutu, fairy wings (hers were desperately falling apart) and a pretty, pink halo from stephanie's wonderland.

such cute stuff...and even better, so affordable!

i was pleasantly surprised to see my total bill, right under $30!

hadley loves to dress up, so this was a perfect gift for her.

as you can see from the pictures...she loves them.

well, stephanie from stephanie's wonderland has graciously offered to give-a-way a $15 gift certificate to one of you lucky blog readers!

all you need to do is visit her shop and then leave me a comment letting me know what your favorite item is!

if you blog about this, leave another comment for a 2nd entry!

i will have my little people pick a winner on saturday morning!

(this is not open to international readers this time around---so sorry friends)

have fun :)

and p.s. i'm proud to say that the rockin' photos on her site (with "blink photography" on them) are from my fabulous photog friend. she rocks.

ya'll know, that crazy uncle.

our new nickname for milo is "crazy uncle milo".

we all have that crazy uncle (or maybe 2) who is, well...crazy.

we can totally see milo being that uncle...

ahhh, but we love that crazy uncle so much...he makes life interesting :)

this made me happy!

so excited to open my inbox up and see that my silhouette tutorial post was featured on ohdeedoh! if you don't know that site...quickly find it...and subscribe to it.

it's inspiration out the wazoo.

here's the LINK!

hadley and kohen's room...finally!

i'm still waiting for a few things to completely finish this room--

1. mr. anderson needs to hang my curtains.

2. i'm still awaiting some pom-poms i ordered off of etsy, to complete the mobile over the crib.

other than that...i LOVE it :)

my sweet friend sent this to me after kohen was born...she has a fabulous business, rick rack baby...remember that cute tie onesie kohen wore a while back on my blog? she made that too...check out her site here

i painted her side table and bookshelf a pretty yellow.

some fabulous bird vinyl i ordered off of etsy as well

hope you enjoyed the tour :)

make your own silhouette picture.

i, like i'm sure most of you, have been drooling over all the custom silhouette pictures of your kids.

i wanted to ask for those for christmas, but i wanted shopping money too.

well, i am now the proud owner of some cute new clothes so my selfishness won.

but....

now i also have some silhouette pictures thanks to my crafty (a.k.a cheap) bum.

here's the supplies you'll need:

photo frame ($10.00 on sale at joanns)

spray adhesive

cardstock

black paint/paint brush

scissors

picture of your kid (the hardest part)

step 1:

take your kids picture.

print it (my frame is an 8 x 10 size, so i printed the picture in a 5 x 7 size)

i printed it on cardstock as well, so the paper would be thicker.

step 2:

cut your picture out...being very careful around the sweet little face parts.

step 3:

paint the cut out picture black.

let dry.

step 4:

i then used my spray adhesive to adhere it to the white background (sidenote--my white background is just the piece of paper that comes with the frame...i just turned it over)

and voila:

i will post a picture later of all 4 of them, hung on the wall (after mr. anderson does a little handy work).

this craft literally took me 30 minutes to do.

30 minutes people!

now i have sweet memories of my little people...and new clothes.

everybody is happy.

need your help.

ahhh, my lovely blog readers.

i am in need of some creative help...

caedmon is about to turn the big 6. and he is requesting a "magic" themed birthday party.

we don't promote crazy, sorcerer magic here, but a good ol' card trick here and there, we love.

here's my problem.

everything i've found online is all cheesy.

exhibit A:

my BFF probably used this stuff at her 13th birthday party.

she probably had this guy there too...

anyways.

moving on.

my thoughts thus far:

chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and a bunny topper (so it's like the bunny coming out of the magic hat).

chocolate covered pretzels as "magic wands".

and that's all i got.

you can see why i need your help.

and can i officially say that i'm sad that i can no longer plan cute parties anymore for him?

no more making him excited about a theme i was already planning 4 months earlier.

dang.

good thing i have 3 smaller children.

help!

sunday smiles.

pictures that are making me smile today...

what's making you smile this fine sunday evening?

2 years ago...

...we made the biggest move (literally) of our lives.

yup, 2 years ago we moved from good ol' kansas city, to sunny florida.

some days it seems like it hasn't been that long.

other days, it feels like the loneliest place on earth, and that we've been here forever.

florida has treated us well (60 degree winter? yes please) but i'm looking forward to the day when we move.

(me after driving 20 something hours--woo-hoo!)

in the past 2 years we've:

made new friendships.

grown apart from old ones (sad).

strengthened our marriage.

had some hard times in our marriage.

came to this great state with 3 kids.

now we have 4 kids.

rented a place for a year.

have now been homeowners for 1 year.

have traveled all over florida.

i've successfully learned how to fly with children by myself.

had our little man start kindergarten.

seen lots of gators, and other creatures which are all disgusting.

we've had fun times, and we've had hard times.

and as much as i can't wait to pack it up and leave, i will always cherish these memories we've made here.

orlando people.

interested in a mini session with me?

www.thisiscampbell.com

what i'm thankful for today...

...mr. anderson gets home in just a few hours...after being out of town for almost 5 days!

i've spent the last 4 days by myself with these mini-mr. andersons:

i can't wait for him to be home...

{sigh}

...will i ever scrapbook again?

here's a few pretties from the past couple years.

it's been about 7 months since i've completed a page.

sad.

i think i need a scrapbooking weekend...

good friends, good food and lots of scrapbooking.

anybody want to fly out and join me :)

favorite photos...final installment.

enjoy.

some of the photos have gotten cut off, sorry bout that...

i'm too tired to try and fix it :)